[mythtv-users] FreeBSD 7

[Patrick Lahni]

Hello,

For the last few weeks I have been trying to get Mythtv to install on  
a FreeBSD 7.1 machine.  I was able to finally get the available build  
(mythtv-0.20_3) installed only to find out I couldn't use my Schedules  
Direct account, which I am assuming 0.21 does.  Additionally, it would  
not recognize my capture card as valid input.  I realize this software  
is written with Linux in mind; however, I noticed the last mention of  
FreeBSD on the list was back in the 5.x days looking through the  
archives.  I was hoping to see if anyone has built a FreeBSD port that  
is available, just not submitted to freshports or even patched 0.21  
source (or diffs or a version that uses SchedulesDirect) that I could  
use to compile it manually.  I don't need 100% functionality, I just  
more or less need mythbackend + mythweb as I intend on using it simply  
as a recording service, though mythfrontend would be a bonus.  I  
planned to stream the resulting transcoded files over a media server I  
already have setup.

Also, I am using a PVR-250 and can successfully capture video/audio  
with the /dev/cxm0 device (`cat /dev/cxm0 > test.mpg` yields a  
playable MPEG2 file) so I know my hardware is working properly.   
Additionally, I can change the channel using a program called  
`pvr250-setchannel`.  In the meanwhile I have just been using a script  
+ cron to record what I want manually as a temporary solution.

If this simply isn't feasible, can someone suggest a possible  
alternative I could try instead?

Regards,

Patrick